Sabri Boubaker

Ecole de Management de Normandie

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1.

Is Gold a Hedge or a Safe-Haven Asset in the COVID–19 Crisis?

Economic Modelling, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 60 Posted: 08 Jun 2020 Last Revised: 09 Jul 2021
Md Akhtaruzzaman, Sabri Boubaker, Brian M. Lucey and Ahmet Sensoy
Australian Catholic University, Ecole de Management de Normandie, Trinity Business School, Trinity College Dublin and Borsa Istanbul
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COVID–19; gold; safe haven; hedge ratio; hedging effectiveness; The CARES Act; spillover index

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Ownership-Control Discrepancy and Firm Value: Evidence from France

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Ownership-Control Discrepancy and Firm Value: Evidence from France

Number of pages: 36 Posted: 11 Jun 2005
Sabri Boubaker
Ecole de Management de Normandie
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Ownership structure, corporate governance, minority expropriation

Ownership-Control Discrepancy and Firm Value: Evidence from France

Multinational Finance Journal, Vol. 11, No. 3/4, p. 211-252, 2007
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 26 Jun 2015
Sabri Boubaker
Ecole de Management de Normandie
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ownership structure; corporate governance; minority expropriation

Ownership-Control Discrepancy and Firm Value: Evidence from France

Multinational Finance Journal, Vol. 11, No. 3/4, pp. 211-252, 2007
Posted: 27 Jul 2007 Last Revised: 12 Mar 2008
Sabri Boubaker
Ecole de Management de Normandie

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ownership structure, corporate governance, minority expropriation

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Financial Contagion During COVID–19 Crisis

Finance Research Letters, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 26 Apr 2020 Last Revised: 20 May 2020
Md Akhtaruzzaman, Sabri Boubaker and Ahmet Sensoy
Australian Catholic University, Ecole de Management de Normandie and Borsa Istanbul
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COVID–19; financial contagion; spillover index; financial firms; nonfinancial firms; hedge ratio

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Ownership Structure, Corporate Governance and Analyst Following: A Study of French Listed Firms

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Ownership Structure, Corporate Governance and Analyst Following: A Study of French Listed Firms

Number of pages: 40 Posted: 30 Jul 2007
Sabri Boubaker and Florence Labégorre
Ecole de Management de Normandie and University of Lille I - Institute of Business Administration
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Corporate governance, Private benefits of control, Pyramids, Analyst following

Ownership Structure, Corporate Governance and Analyst Following: A Study of French Listed Firms

Journal of Banking & Finance, Vol. 32, No. 6, pp. 961-976, June 2008
Posted: 21 Sep 2007 Last Revised: 25 Jul 2008
Sabri Boubaker and Florence Labégorre
Ecole de Management de Normandie and University of Lille I - Institute of Business Administration

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Corporate governance, Private benefits of control, Pyramids, Analyst following

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On the Relationship between Ownership-Control Structure and Debt Financing: New Evidence from France

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On the Relationship between Ownership-Control Structure and Debt Financing: New Evidence from France

Number of pages: 34 Posted: 30 Jul 2007
Sabri Boubaker
Ecole de Management de Normandie
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On the Relationship between Ownership-Control Structure and Debt Financing: New Evidence from France

Journal of Corporate Ownership and Control, Vol. 5, No. 1, pp. 139-154, 2007
Posted: 30 Jul 2007 Last Revised: 12 Mar 2008
Sabri Boubaker
Ecole de Management de Normandie

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Large Controlling Shareholders and Stock Price Synchronicity

Journal of Banking and Finance, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 24 Nov 2013
Sabri Boubaker, Hatem Mansali and Hatem Rjiba
Ecole de Management de Normandie, IRG, Université de Paris Est and IRG, Université de Paris Est
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Ownership structure, Excess control, Stock price synchronicity, Crash risk

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Research Handbook of Finance and Sustainability (Table of Contents)

Research Handbook of Finance and Sustainability, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 11 Posted: 23 Aug 2017
Sabri Boubaker, Douglas J. Cumming and Duc Khuong Nguyen
Ecole de Management de Normandie, Florida Atlantic University and IPAG Business School
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Corporate social responsibility; Environmental Finance; Entrepreneurial Finance; Sustainable Finance; Fraud; Corporate Governance

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Annual Report Readability and Stock Liquidity

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Annual Report Readability and Stock Liquidity

Financial Markets, Institutions & Instruments, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 19 Mar 2018
Sabri Boubaker, Dimitrios Gounopoulos and Hatem Rjiba
Ecole de Management de Normandie, University of Bath and PSB Paris School of Business
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Annual Report Readability, Textual Complexity, Stock Liquidity, Information Asymmetry

Annual Report Readability and Stock Liquidity

Financial Markets, Institutions & Instruments, Vol. 28, Issue 2, pp. 159-186, 2019
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 05 Apr 2019
Sabri Boubaker, Dimitrios Gounopoulos and Hatem Rjiba
Ecole de Management de Normandie, University of Bath and PSB Paris School of Business
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annual report readability, information asymmetry, stock liquidity, textual complexity

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The Efficiency of Mutual Funds

Annals of Operation Research, August 2018, Volume 267, Issue 1–2, pp 555–584.
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 19 Apr 2016 Last Revised: 04 Aug 2018
Javier Vidal-García, Javier Vidal-García, Marta Vidal, Sabri Boubaker and Majdi Hassan
Harvard UniversityComplutense University of Madrid, Universidad Europea de Madrid, Ecole de Management de Normandie and ESSEC Tunis
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Mutual Funds, Portfolio Efficiency, Factor Models, Data Envelopment Analysis

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Assessing the Effects of Unconventional Monetary Policy and Low Interest Rates on Pension Fund Risk Incentives

Journal of Banking and Finance, Vol. 77, pp. 35-52, April 2017
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 15 Mar 2015 Last Revised: 15 Jan 2017
Sabri Boubaker, Dimitrios Gounopoulos, Duc Khuong Nguyen and Nikos Paltalidis
Ecole de Management de Normandie, University of Bath, IPAG Business School and Durham University Business School
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Pension funds; Unconventional monetary policy; Asset allocation; Interest rates

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Idiosyncratic Risk and Mutual Fund Performance

Annals of Operation Research, October 2019, Volume 281, pp 349–372.
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 15 Nov 2013 Last Revised: 06 Aug 2020
Javier Vidal-García, Javier Vidal-García, Marta Vidal, Sabri Boubaker and Riadh Manita
Harvard UniversityComplutense University of Madrid, Universidad Europea de Madrid, Ecole de Management de Normandie and Neoma Business School
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Mutual fund performance, idiosyncratic risk, investment style, market timing

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Does the Board of Directors Affect Cash Holdings? A Study of French Listed Firms

Journal of Management and Governance, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 31 Oct 2013
Sabri Boubaker, Imen Derouiche and Duc Khuong Nguyen
Ecole de Management de Normandie, Independent and IPAG Business School
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Corporate governance, Board of directors, Agency costs, Corporate governance, Cash holdings

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Ownership Structure, Control Contestability, and Corporate Debt Maturity

Journal of Corporate Finance, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 04 Oct 2015
Hamdi Ben‐Nasr, Sabri Boubaker and Wael Rouatbi
King Saud University - College of Business Administration, Ecole de Management de Normandie and Montpellier Business School
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Ownership structure, Multiple large shareholders, Contestability, Debt maturity

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Annual Report Readability and the Cost of Equity Capital

Journal of Corporate Finance, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 70 Posted: 16 Mar 2021
Hatem Rjiba, Samir Saadi, Sabri Boubaker and Xiaoya (Sara) Ding
PSB Paris School of Business, University of Ottawa - Telfer School of Management, Ecole de Management de Normandie and University of San Francisco - School of Management
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Annual Report Readability, Bog Index, Disclosure Tone, Information Risk, Cost of Equity Capital

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The Short-Term Persistence of International Mutual Fund Performance

Economic Modelling. Volume 52, Part B, January 2016, Pages 926–938.
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 17 Jul 2014 Last Revised: 15 Dec 2015
Javier Vidal-García, Javier Vidal-García, Marta Vidal, Sabri Boubaker and Gazi Salah Uddin
Harvard UniversityComplutense University of Madrid, Universidad Europea de Madrid, Ecole de Management de Normandie and Linkoping University - Department of Management and Engineering Division
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Mutual Fund; Performance Persistence; Portfolio Management; Factor Models

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Multiple Large Shareholders and Corporate Risk-Taking: Evidence from French Family Firms

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Multiple Large Shareholders and Corporate Risk-Taking: Evidence from French Family Firms

European Financial Management, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 26 Dec 2015 Last Revised: 13 Jan 2016
Sabri Boubaker, Pascal Nguyen and Wael Rouatbi
Ecole de Management de Normandie, Neoma Business School and Montpellier Business School
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Risk-taking, Ownership structure, Family firms, Private benefits of control, Contestability, Corporate governance

Multiple Large Shareholders and Corporate Risk‐Taking: Evidence from French Family Firms

European Financial Management, Vol. 22, Issue 4, pp. 697-745, 2016
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 02 Sep 2016
Sabri Boubaker, Pascal Nguyen and Wael Rouatbi
Ecole de Management de Normandie, Neoma Business School and Montpellier Business School
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risk‐taking, ownership structure, family firms, private benefits of control, contestability, corporate governance

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Research Handbook of Investing in the Triple Bottom Line (Introduction)

Research Handbook of Investing in the Triple Bottom Line, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 9 Posted: 18 Dec 2017
Sabri Boubaker, Douglas J. Cumming and Duc Khuong Nguyen
Ecole de Management de Normandie, Florida Atlantic University and IPAG Business School
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Impact investing, Sustainable development, Socially responsible firms, Green finance instruments, Financial stability, Fraud, Corporate social responsibility

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Product Market Competition and Debt Choice

Journal of Corporate Finance, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 18 Jan 2018 Last Revised: 17 Apr 2018
Sabri Boubaker, Walid Saffar and Syrine Sassi
Ecole de Management de Normandie, Hong Kong Polytechnic University - School of Accounting and Finance and PSB Paris School of Business
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product market competition, import tariffs, debt structure

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CEO Inside Debt and Hedging Decisions: Lessons from the U.S. Banking Industry

Journal of International Financial Markets Institutions and Money, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 25 Nov 2012 Last Revised: 26 Nov 2012
Mohamed Belkhir and Sabri Boubaker
UAE University and Ecole de Management de Normandie
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inside debt, executive compensation, bank risk, hedging, financial regulation

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COVID−19 and Oil Price Risk Exposure

Finance Research Letters, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 20 Jul 2020 Last Revised: 05 Dec 2020
Md Akhtaruzzaman, Sabri Boubaker, Mardy Chiah and Angel Zhong
Australian Catholic University, Ecole de Management de Normandie, Swinburne University of Technology and RMIT University - School of Economics, Finance and Marketing
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COVID–19; oil price risk; financial industries; non-financial industries; Fama-French 5-factor

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Competitive Pressure and Firm Investment Efficiency: Evidence from Corporate Employment Decisions

European Financial Management, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 94 Posted: 07 May 2021
Sabri Boubaker, Viet Anh Dang and Syrine Sassi
Ecole de Management de Normandie, Alliance Manchester Business School and PSB Paris School of Business
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product market competition, risk exposure, labor investment, investment efficiency, import tariffs

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Is There Mimicking Behavior in Firms’ Trade Credit Decisions?

Review of Corporate Finance, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 09 Mar 2021
Asad Ali-Rind, Sabri Boubaker and Viet Anh Dang
University Paris-Est Créteil (UPEC) - Institut de Recherche en Gestion, Ecole de Management de Normandie and Alliance Manchester Business School
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Trade credit, Accounts receivable, Firm behavior, Peer effects, Mimicking

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Derivatives Use and Analysts’ Earnings Forecast Accuracy

Frontiers in Finance and Economics, Vol. 9, No. 1, 51-86
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 29 Jun 2012
Salma Mefteh-Wali, Sabri Boubaker and Florence Labégorre
ESSCA School of Management, Ecole de Management de Normandie and University of Lille I - Institute of Business Administration
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Hedging, Derivatives use, Analysts’ forecasts, France

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Does Institutional Investor Horizon Influence US Corporate Financing Decisions?

International Review of Financial Analysis, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 29 Nov 2017
Sabri Boubaker, Lamia Chourou, Samir Saadi and Ligang Zhong
Ecole de Management de Normandie, University of Ottawa, School of Management, University of Ottawa and University of Windsor - Odette School of Business
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Institutional investment horizon; Capital structure, Institutional monitoring; Leverage adjustment

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Financial Distress and Equity Returns: A Leverage-Augmented Three-Factor Model

Research in International Business and Finance 46 (2018) 1-15.
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 25 Jul 2017 Last Revised: 04 Oct 2018
Sabri Boubaker, Taher Hamza, Javier Vidal-García and Javier Vidal-García
Ecole de Management de Normandie, Institut Supérieur de Gestion de Sousse and Harvard UniversityComplutense University of Madrid
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Financial Distress; Equity Returns; Fama-French Three-Factor Model

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It's About Time! The Influence of Institutional Investment Horizon on Corporate Social Responsibility

Thunderbird International Business Review, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 14 Dec 2017 Last Revised: 08 Jan 2018
Sabri Boubaker, Lamia Chourou, Darlene Himick and Samir Saadi
Ecole de Management de Normandie, University of Ottawa, University of Ottawa - Telfer School of Management and School of Management, University of Ottawa
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Institutional Investors, Investment Horizon, CSR

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The Sources of Shareholder Wealth Gains from Going Private Transactions: The Role of Controlling Shareholders

Journal of Banking and Finance, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 65 Posted: 04 Apr 2014
Sabri Boubaker, Alexis Cellier and Wael Rouatbi
Ecole de Management de Normandie, University Paris-Est Créteil (UPEC) and Montpellier Business School
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Going private; Wealth gains; Corporate governance; Private benefits of control

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Financial Liberalization and Financial Stability

Number of pages: 43 Posted: 17 Dec 2018
Yasir Riaz, Yasir Riaz, Choudhry Tanveer Shehzad and Sabri Boubaker
Lahore University of Management SciencesNamal Institute Mianwali, SDSB, Lahore University of Managment Sciences and Ecole de Management de Normandie
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Financial Liberalization, Sovereign Ratings, Default Risk, Financial Instability, Crisis

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The Role of Multiple Large Shareholders in the Choice of Debt Source

Financial Management, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 20 Sep 2016
Sabri Boubaker, Wael Rouatbi and Walid Saffar
Ecole de Management de Normandie, Montpellier Business School and Hong Kong Polytechnic University - School of Accounting and Finance
Downloads 87 (391,790)
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Ownership structure; Corporate governance; Control contestability; Debt choice

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Excess Control, Agency Costs and the Probability of Going Private in France

Global Finance Journal, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 31 Oct 2013
Mohamed Belkhir, Sabri Boubaker and Wael Rouatbi
UAE University, Ecole de Management de Normandie and Montpellier Business School
Downloads 80 (411,693)
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Going private, Ownership structure, Large shareholders, Corporate governance

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Labor Protection and Corporate Debt Maturity: International Evidence

International Review of Financial Analysis, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 18 Jan 2016
Mohamed Belkhir, Hamdi Ben‐Nasr and Sabri Boubaker
UAE University, King Saud University - College of Business Administration and Ecole de Management de Normandie
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Labor protection, Debt maturity, Institutions, Agency theory, Information asymmetry

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Does Public–Private Status Affect Bank Risk Taking? Worldwide Evidence

Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions & Money, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 08 Jan 2018
Anis Samet, Narjess Boubakri and Sabri Boubaker
American University of Sharjah - School of Business and Management, American University of Sharjah - School of Business and Management and Ecole de Management de Normandie
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Private Banks, Publicly Traded Banks, Risk Taking, Financial Crisis

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Corporate Debt Maturity in the MENA Region: Does Institutional Quality Matter?

International Review of Financial Analysis, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 06 Jan 2016
Basel Awartani, Mohamed Belkhir, Sabri Boubaker and Aktham Issa Maghyereh
University of Plymouth - Plymouth Business School, UAE University, Ecole de Management de Normandie and United Arab Emirates University
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Geographic Location, Excess Control Rights, and Cash Holdings

International Review of Financial Analysis, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 30 Aug 2016 Last Revised: 02 Sep 2016
Sabri Boubaker, Imen Derouiche and Meziane Lasfer
Ecole de Management de Normandie, University of Luxembourg, unité de recherche CREA and Bayes Business School, City, University of London
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Geography; Firm location; Excess control rights; Cash holdings

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Reaching for Yield and the Diabolic Loop in a Monetary Union

Journal of International Money and Finance, Vol. 108, pp. 102-157, November 2020
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 13 Feb 2019 Last Revised: 06 Jan 2021
Sabri Boubaker, Dimitrios Gounopoulos, Duc Khuong Nguyen and Nikos Paltalidis
Ecole de Management de Normandie, University of Bath, IPAG Business School and Durham University Business School
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Diabolic loop, Financial intermediation, Sovereign debt

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Auditors and the Principal-Principal Agency Conflict in Family-Controlled Firms

Forthcoming in Auditing: A Journal of Practice & Theory
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 08 Jun 2020
Chiraz Ben Ali, Sabri Boubaker and Michel Magnan
IPAG Business School, Ecole de Management de Normandie and Concordia University - Department of Accountancy
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Multiple large shareholders; Private benefits of control; Corporate governance; Audit fees.

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Sovereign Wealth Funds and Equity Pricing: Evidence from Implied Cost of Equity of Publicly Traded Target

Journal of Corporate Finance, Vol. 53, 2018
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 03 Jan 2019 Last Revised: 28 Feb 2019
Sabri Boubaker, Narjess Boubakri, Jocelyn Grira and asma guizani
Ecole de Management de Normandie, American University of Sharjah - School of Business and Management, Qatar University and University of Monastir
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Sovereign Wealth Funds; Cost of Equity Capital; Institutional Environment

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Reprint of: Assessing the Effects of Unconventional Monetary Policy and Low Interest Rates on Pension Fund Risk Incentives

Journal of Banking and Finance, Vol. 92, pp. 340-357, March 2018
Posted: 15 Apr 2021
Sabri Boubaker, Dimitrios Gounopoulos, Duc Khuong Nguyen and Nikos Paltalidis
Ecole de Management de Normandie, University of Bath, IPAG Business School and Durham University Business School

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Pension Funds; Unconventional Monetary Policy; Asset Allocation; Interest Rates

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Trade Credit in Transition Economies: Does State Ownership Matter?

Post-Communist Economies, Forthcoming
Posted: 05 Aug 2019 Last Revised: 18 Jan 2021
Sabri Boubaker, Kim Cuong Ly and Nam Tran
Ecole de Management de Normandie, Swansea University and University of Economics Ho Chi Minh City

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trade credit, state ownership, accounting conservatism, privatization experiment, transition economies

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Fiscal Policy Interventions at the Zero Lower Bound

Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, Vol. 93, pp. 297-314, August 2018
Posted: 04 Mar 2017 Last Revised: 15 Oct 2018
Sabri Boubaker, Duc Khuong Nguyen and Nikos Paltalidis
Ecole de Management de Normandie, IPAG Business School and Durham University Business School

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Fiscal Policy; Liquidity Trap; Fiscal Multipliers; Zero Lower Bound

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Market Timing Around the World

Journal of Alternative Investments, Volume 18, No. 2, Fall 2015: p. 61-89., https://doi.org/10.3905/jai.2015.18.2.061
Posted: 23 Aug 2014 Last Revised: 22 May 2019
Marta Vidal, Javier Vidal-García, Javier Vidal-García and Sabri Boubaker
Universidad Europea de Madrid, Harvard UniversityComplutense University of Madrid and Ecole de Management de Normandie
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Mutual Funds, Market Timing, Portfolio Management, Short-Term Performance